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7.5/10   235 votes
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Director:
Harvey Hart
Writers:
Richard Shapiro (writer)
John Steinbeck (novel)
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Release Date:
8 February 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Awards:
Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
TV/Film Actor Bottoms Dies
 (From WENN. 18 December 2008, 8:12 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Yes! This Steinbeck! more

Cast

  (Series Cast overview, first billed only)

Timothy Bottoms ... Adam Trask

Jane Seymour ... Cathy / Kate Ames

Bruce Boxleitner ... Charles Trask
Soon-Tek Oh ... Lee

Karen Allen ... Abra

Hart Bochner ... Aron Trask
Sam Bottoms ... Cal Trask
Warren Oates ... Cyrus Trask
Howard Duff ... Jules Edwards

Anne Baxter ... Faye
Richard Masur ... Will Hamilton
Nicholas Pryor ... James Grew

Lloyd Bridges ... Samuel Hamilton
Nellie Bellflower ... Mrs. Trask

M. Emmet Walsh ... Sheriff Horace Quinn
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"John Steinbeck's 'East of Eden'"
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Runtime:
480 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Monrovia, California, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Timothy Carey, who plays an evangelist, also appeared in the 1955 James Dean version. more
Movie Connections:
Version of East of Eden (2009) more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Yes! This Steinbeck!, 23 April 2001
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Author: artzau from Sacramento, CA

We all know the '55 version with James Dean, which is based (loosely) on the epic novel by John Steinbeck. The three major films of James Dean were destined to become cult classics because Dean and his tragic early death lends itself to cultism. But, Dean's East of Eden was Hollywood and hardly Steinbeck. Not to slam it as it was a fine film-- but not Steinbeck. This miniseries utilizing the skills of the Bottoms Brothers and a fine cast-- Jane Seymour is superb. The epic unfolds with the biblical story of betrayal, fratricide, envy and passion found in the book of Genesis. Steinbeck's books in his California period are sweeping epics that cross generations, sprout archetypes and are a wealth of discovery for the reader. Alas, his later works, in comparison, disappoint. But, East of Eden, which with its classic epic mate, The Grapes of Wrath, bring to light a struggle and conflict inherent in the human condition. This is no slight challenge to bring to the screen and it takes the length of a mini-series to do it justice. The saga of the Trask family becomes not only the tale of the fall from grace we all know from our Judeo-Christian tradition but the conflict that is part of all of us. Wrought with deceit, pain, misunderstanding and misjudgement, it is a tale of redemption, forgiving and hope. This is one of the best mini-series I've ever come across and for one that hates TV to sit with eyes glued to the screen from beginning to conclusion, it had to be good. Alas, no video or DVD. Watch for it on reruns.

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